<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Austin Butler as Gale Cleven and Barry Keoghan as Curtis Biddick in Apple TV+'s "Masters of the Air."Apple TV+</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Apple TV+'s "Masters of the Air" follows the 100th Bomb Group during World War II.</li><li>It's based on real pilots and their missions, as told in Donald L. Miller's book of the same name.</li></ul><p>Apple TV+'s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-we-know-about-wwii-miniseries-masters-of-the-air-2022-2">"Masters of the Air"</a> follows the pilots and navigators in the 100th Bomb Group on their missions in Europe throughout World War II.</p><p>The unit was nicknamed the "Bloody Hundredth" because of how many pilots were killed in action, meaning there's plenty of action, drama, and tragedy waiting to unfold in the show.</p><p>Produced by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/steven-spielberg-movies-ranked-from-worst-to-best">Steven Spielberg</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tom-hanks-jude-law-daniel-craig-comic-book-movie-2023-1">Tom Hanks</a>, the show is based on <a target="_blank" class href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=cb60f822fedcb64fc95d8fc8108ab87cdf0542623fc6542e052b7a8132ab41e5&postID=65b2390d0b1b52626f2aa72e&postSlug=masters-of-the-air-cast-austin-butler-barry-keoghan-2024-1&site=bi&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMasters-Air-Americas-Against-Germany%2Fdp%2F0743235452%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1">Donald L. Miller's book</a>: "Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany."</p><p>The "Masters of the Air" cast are all playing real airmen who flew in the 100th Bomb Group, making it a spiritual sequel to other critically acclaimed historical war dramas like "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific.</p><p>Here's who's in "Masters of the Air."</p>